Sociopolitical Ideology and Thoughts of the Reignmaker Andre N. Turner

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Windy City's Worst Team Ever...........The Chicago Rippers

Earlier today someone asked me if I had begun working on my
second book as of yet. “No,” I responded, I went on to let them know that I am
still investigating and researching various topics within the true crime genre.
As an ex-criminal and true crime author I am normally not shocked by the
articles, biographies and documentaries that I utilize for research in my
works. That is until today; I was researching the potential links between H.H,
Holmes and Jack the Ripper and came across a group known as the Ripper Crew or
The Chicago Rippers.

The Chicago Rippers

Comprised of Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer with brothers
Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis, these men are suspected to be responsible for the
disappearance of at least 18 women from the Chicago area in 1981 and 1982. During
their time of operation, the group would drive around in a van looking for
prostitutes to sacrifice in Gecht's apartment. Led by Gecht; these four men raped,
tortured, mutilated and killed prostitutes throughout Cook & DuPage
counties. Afterwards they would remove one breast from each victim and eaten it
as Gecht read passages of “The Satanic Bible”. It has also been said that they,
after severing the breast, took turns raping the open wound. They then
proceeded to each masturbate into the flesh of the breast, chop it into pieces,
and devour it. When the ritualistic behavior was done, they would dump the
corpse and proceed to seek out their next victim. In 1982 Beverly Washington, a
twenty-year-old prostitute, was found near death alongside some railroad
tracks. Despite being raped, slashed, and having her left breast severed,
Washington survived to give a description of her attacker and the van she was
taken in.

The men were arrested in 1982. The Kokoraleis brothers and
Spreitzer confessed their wrong doings in full gory detail. Each of them
hesitated to involve Gecht in the crimes, some speculate out of fear or because
of the sheer control that Gecht had over the other men. Gecht attempted to
escape punishment by offering an insanity excuse. The strategy proved somewhat
affective initially and caused a mistrial but that would not be the case in the
second trial which began on September 30th, 1983. The jury found
Gecht guilty of attempted murder, rape, deviate sexual assault, aggravated
battery, and armed violence. He was
sentenced to 120 years in prison. When asked why he was not convicted of murder,
the jury cited the lack of hard evidence against him.

Tommy Kokoraleis, 23, attempted to block his confession from
being admitted into his trial, but lost.
He was convicted in 1984 and was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Andrew
Kokoraleis was tried in two separate counties for his crimes. After being
tried, convicted and sentenced to life in the first trial he too attempted to
recant his confession in his second trial. This strategy proved futile as he
was sentenced to death. On March 16, 1999, 35-year-old Andrew Kokoraleis was
executed by lethal injection at Tamms Correctional Center. Also sentenced to death, Edward Spreitzer's sentence
was commuted in George H. Ryan's last-minute commutation of all death sentences
in Illinois in 2003.

The true accounts of the murderous exploits of these men
were shocking. The devil truly is in the details of the crimes perpetrated by
this group. A more shocking fact is that we share the planet, country, state
and city with individuals of equal if not greater levels of depravity. As we
carry out our day to day activities, we must make a commitment to ourselves, as
it is our obligation, to look out, not only for ourselves but for each other.
Not living in fear but being aware of our surroundings makes it difficult, if
not impossible, for the devil to touch any one of us.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Serial Murder, Society and the “Throwaway,” People

As a true crime author I analyze, research and write about
crime. By virtue of the title, I should be able to write about any type of
crime and gain recognition, right? However, due to America’s infatuation with
murder, most of my books and publishing center around, what we in Illinois
regard as class X felons. I mean, I could probably write about Leroy the
crackhead or dimebag Dave or the time Lil Jessie got caught with one rock, but
who cares about that? No, our society has a love affair with the darkest crime
of them all, the taking of another person’s life.

For every crime written about, research is done. In my book
“The Darker Side of Evil,” I speak of society’s “throw away,” people. Throwaway
people are the drug addicts, street walkers and homeless people that we see but
don’t see every day. Most of us have at least one of these people in our
family. The person we hope won’t show up to family gatherings; or if they do,
you are prepared for them to stink or to beg, or both. The person in the family
that no one knows where they are most of the time, that is until we get a call
from another family member or law enforcement notifying the next of kin of the
person’s untimely demise.

The city of Chicago is no stranger to the serial murderer. The
Roseland area of Chicago has been experiencing the effects of living among a
serial killer for the better part of 20 years now. In the late 90’s into 2000’s,
Geoffrey T. Griffin took the lives of 7-8 women from the area. More recently,
Michael Johnson, a 6 foot 4 220 lb. 27 year old was arrested and stands accused
of murdering at least 4 women. In both cases it is highly suspected that these
men have committed many more murders than what’s known.

As in most serial murders, the targets of each of these
killers were street walkers. Had the media provided adequate coverage of these
crimes, lives that were lost may have been saved? However, if we as a community
exhibit a lackadaisical attitude toward the victims of these heinous crimes, so
will the media. One reason the media provides minimal coverage, if any, in
reference to these crimes is our disinterested attitudes concerning the
victims. Feeding off of the standpoint of society and the community, the
murderer themselves take on the mindset that they are doing the world a favor
by ridding the community of these individuals. These women are daughters,
sisters, many of them mothers. But most of all they are human beings.
Regardless of what kind of lifestyle they have chosen for themselves. They have a
right to live just as you and I have.

The Prey

As communities, real communities we have to claim our own,
no matter of their current plight. These murderers only exist and operate
because we allow them to. It is our failure to watch out for the members of our
neighborhoods. We are not to look down upon, but look across at the faces that
make up our neighborhoods and when a member is no longer being seen in his or
her normal areas, inquire about their wellbeing. Don’t get in their business,
but take a moment to ask a known associate of theirs about their friend.
History has shown that if we don’t claim our own, there is something waiting in
the darkness that will.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Has Our Christian Society Become a Bunch of Atheists in Denial?

If someone were to ask that question of an individual one
would probably respond with a “less than Christian,” reply, which is exactly
point that I am making!

Let’s take a look at our current state of being. The average
individual would be quick to claim their love for God and Jesus Christ.
However, let’s take a look at our actions on a whole, regardless of what is
said from our mouths, what kind of picture do we paint? Do we live our lives in
such a manner that if a person that does not know us from Adam, secretly observed
us for a day, could they, based solely on our actions and unmonitored conversations
at the end of the day, know that we are Christians.

Have we as a society begun to settle and compromise; allowing events to happen and consenting to ways of life that we know full well are wrong? I am afraid that we have become a people that
have placed the strongholds of integrity on the back seat and have fallen for
the facade of immediate gratification. Have we forgotten that we have a moral
obligation to or children, our parents and ourselves to live life in the
fashion that is conducive to entry into the Kingdom of Heaven? We have become
so accustomed to relying on the forgiveness of The Father that we no longer
take responsibility for our own lives and actions.

No, everything from my mouth is a Bible verse, and if asked
about my religious beliefs I would, without hesitation, claim Christianity.
Therefore my day to day behavior is the first that needs examination and
modification. The fact of the matter is that I have made certain observations
concerning myself and the world within I live. During conversations we curse
like sailors. We cut corners and virtually demolish established moral teachings
and beliefs all in an effort to make a buck. We flock to see and be entertained
by performers that go directly against the teachings of the Bible. Only during
our bleakest moments and when all earthly solutions have been exhausted do we
call upon The Father in the name of Jesus.

We have to remember, that if we are truly Christians, that
there indeed is a Heaven and a Hell. The unending mercy of Our Father is not to
be used as an out so that we may engage into every sinful act under the sun, fall
upon our knees to ask forgiveness; then turn around and commit the same act again.
Above all, we must remember that we are created in the likeness of our Father
and have an obligation to carry ourselves as children of the light. We do this
so that those that remain in darkness can see the immortal gladness of the
believer and chose to come over and bask in the beauty emanated by God the
Father Almighty. If we continue with our current form of behavior, what good
does it do to claim God? Nonbelievers will quickly comment on the lack of
distinction between the actions of the believer and non-believer alike.

And in the end, when the time for judgment has come; if man
can’t make the distinction based on our actions, I’m sure Our Lord won’t make
the distinction; as a result of our actions.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Story of The Original Angry Bird

Jake went over everything in his head,” Go in, get the money, check for valuables and get out, no bloodshed!” Countless times before he had made himself the promise of no blood shed, each time he would find a reason to break this promise. Jake would travel the country, working with the railroad when he could, burglarizing homes during his off time. Jake would stalk the different houses he saw, making mental notes concerning the daily routines of their inhabitants. Initially, it was about the money, plain and simple. However, Jake began to give in to the violent impulses that compelled him. The bitter rage that dwelled within him replaced the basic human need for money. Jake developed a hatred for the people that had hated him ever since his earliest memories.

With the patience of a monk, Jake watched the house at 1007 South 21st Street as he had for the better part of two weeks. Having gathered everything he needed to know he decided that today, October 30th was the time to strike. As he peered into the window of the home, he considered aborting the mission, but that thought soon dissipated as his hunger pangs were clearly audible to himself and anyone else within earshot. While waiting on just the right time, Jake thought of his past victims and laughed to himself. “No, please, no!” The cries of his victims rang loudly in his head. To anyone else these screams of terror would have invoked immediate feelings of remorse, but not to Jake. Jake just laughed and whispered to himself, “I hate them Crackers.”

The time had come for him to act. With the stealth of a cat, he cross the street to his victim’s house, passing the mailbox with Kludt neatly written on it, he ducked into a row of bushes that grew against the house. He thought about the rouse he would use to gain entry. “Deliveryman,” he said out loud. Then suddenly, as if an epiphany had come upon him, Jake stripped down to his underwear. As he disrobed Jake spotted an ax inside of the doorway of the shed. Jake grabbed the ax, dressed in nothing but underwear, preceded to the door of the unsuspecting Kludts.

The house was occupied by Bertha Kludt, age 53 and her 17 year old daughter Beverly June Kludt. Disregarding any previous vows of nonviolence, Jake hacked Bertha & Beverly June to death mercilessly. The unmistakable shrieks of women being killed came from the house and alerted the neighbors. As a result, the police arrived as Jake was attempting to leave through the back door carrying his shoes.

“Freeze,” the officers yelled the familiar command. Unwilling to go without a fight, Jake lunged at one of the officers with a knife, delivering him a superficial wound. The second officer attempted to ease in behind the occupied assailant, but Jake wheeled around and cut this officer also. As back up arrived, the police regained their composure, beat Jake into submission and arrested him.

During the ride to county hospital to have Jake treated for his wounds, the officers began to question him regarding the murder of the Kludt women. At the outset, Jake adamantly proclaimed his innocence. Simultaneously, as if it had been staged, Jake and the police looked down at the prisoner’s soiled apparel. Blood and brain matter covered Jake’s clothing, thereby diminishing any remaining pleas of innocence.

Homicide detectives assigned to the case listened as Jake told them how his only intention was to burglarize the home. He explained that Bertha Kludt appeared suddenly and tried to stop him whereas he hit here with the ax, causing her death. Beverly June came to her mother's aid, he killed her. While being questioned Jake admitted to police that he had an extensive arrest record. He gave account of a life of incarceration in Michigan, Iowa and Utah that totaled 31 years. Most astonishingly, he told law enforcement how he had actually stalked and killed dozens of white women in dozens of states throughout the 1940s.

Jake’s trial began on November 24th 1947 and lasted almost three days. A request by Jake to defend himself was denied by the judge and a public defender was appointed. Jake attempted to recant his confession as his attorney claimed it was given under duress due to Jake’s accusation that the officers beat the confession out of him. The judge admitted the evidence and on November 26th the jury deliberated for 35 minutes and returned with a guilty verdict. Judge Edward D. Hodge sentenced Jake to death by hanging.

Jake’s execution at the Washington State Penitentiary was scheduled for January 16, 1948. In an effort to gain a reprieve, Jake again brought up facts concerning the murders of 44 others. He had explained to the law enforcement community that he would be willing to help them solve these cases if he were granted this stay of execution. Washington governor Monrad C. Wallgren granted him a 60-day reprieve. Police from other states interviewed Jake, and eleven murders were substantiated. He was knowledgeable enough about the 33 other murders to be considered a prime suspect. The interviews with Jake enabled the police departments of many states to declare many unsolved murders as solved. In addition to his Washington state murders, he apparently had killed people in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. He mostly preyed on Caucasian women. In each case, Jake killed his victims with an ax or hatchet.

Before being led to the gallows, Jake was given a chance to speak. During this time, he gave a 20 minute monologue. During this time he placed a hex on everyone involved with the trial. Ironically, Judge Hodge died of a heart attack within a month of sentencing him to death. An officer that took his 1st confession as well as one of the officers that took his 2nd confession both experienced untimely deaths. The same fate fell upon the court’s chief clerk, and one of Jake's prison guards.

The anger and rage that had once fueled this individual was extinguished. With no more stories to tell and no more hexes to throw. The gallows of Washington state prison at Walla Walla saw the depraved life and wicked times of Jake Bird ended by way of the hangman’s noose on July 15, 1949. Thus ends the story of Jake Bird, the original angry bird.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

The Peculiar Tale of the Child Eating Fish

Albert sat in his room on a frigid January morning. He had become accustomed to entertaining himself with the vivid images, thoughts and memories that occupied the four corners of his mind. Some of the memories were decent, most depraved, but all of them were his property. He recalled a poverty stricken childhood filled with pain and suffering. Even now, memories of Saint John’s Orphanage were clear as a bell. Just as clear as if it all happened yesterday. The death of his father left his mother and siblings in dire straits. As the youngest of four, he was the child forced to live at the orphanage. “They tried to break me!” Albert thought to himself. The staff would administer ungodly beatings to the children for the slightest infraction. “They broke the other children”, Albert reminisced, “but not me, I embraced the pain.” Albert sat back and closed his eyes, not only had he embraced the pain, he fell in love with it; it would be a love affair that would endure throughout his life.

Nearly drifting into sleep, Albert was awakened by the piercing sound of his mother’s voice. He looked around the small room then realized it was simply a dream. Albert was almost nine when his mother came and “rescued” him from the orphanage. He then thought of the little boy he met when he was 12. The feelings he had for the telegraph boy were feelings that he had been taught were for a girl. Though these feelings initially frightened the young Albert, his suitor eased his conscience and assured him that his feelings were virtuous and that they should continue their relationship. Albert’s young friend introduced him to urolagnia and coprophagia and taught Albert that the taste for urine and feces was an acquired one; but one that he would learn to enjoy.

Fighting off the sleepiness that was beginning to fall upon him, Albert smiled when he remembered being a young man in New York City. Unable to find employment, Albert made a living doing something he truly enjoyed, having sex with men. Unhappy with Albert’s status at that time, his mother introduced him to his would be wife. “Did I truly love her?” Albert thought to himself. The word love had become so distorted and twisted in his life that he was truthfully unsure about any emotions as they related to him. Ironically, just as his mother once did, his wife abandoned him and left Albert with six children to raise. While raising his children, Albert would attempt to teach them the joy and ecstasy of pain. He would fashion a paddle filled with nails and have the children paddle him until he bled.

Suddenly a loud noise down the hall interrupted his daydream, but Albert soon quelled his anxiety and resumed his reminiscent state of being. As he turned the pages of his life, a malevolent spirit seemed to invade Albert. The once pleasant atmosphere had become somber as Albert began to think about “the boys.” Beginning in 1890, about the time he arrived in New York, Albert began having “urges.” He could always hear the voices that would speak to him, giving him disturbing tasks to carry out. Ordinarily, he was strong enough not to relent to their power. But now, now he wanted to succumb to them. He would become a willing participant to their ungodly requests. Albert thought of all of the little boys that he had tortured and raped. Albert then stood up and walked over to the mirror on the wall. Gazing at his reflection, he formed a wry smile, “I wanted them to enjoy the pain as I did,” he whispered to himself. Having traveled across the country extensively, Albert once bragged to someone that he had children in every state. The true and horrific nature of that claim had yet to be revealed at that time

Albert looked around the room and scoffed at the peeling paint, “what a shotty job,” he thought to himself. Having been a painter himself, he was extremely critical of the work of others. Albert sat down again and thought about the children that he’d extended his special brand of caring to over the years. Unrepentant, he enjoyed memories of the pain and suffering he inflicted upon these young victims. The mere recollection of their torture sent Albert into a sexually aroused state. He recalled his” instruments of Hell” consisting of a paddle of nails, meat cleaver and knives and how he used them on the children. Their screams were a sheer delight to Albert; to him their cries were like the songbird in flight.

Albert stood up to look in the mirror again, staring at his reflection; he began to think of two men that greatly influenced his life. The first man was a past lover of his. On a romantic afternoon, the two had visited a waxworks museum. Albert became fascinated by an exhibit that demonstrated the bisection of a penis; soon after, he developed a morbid interest in castration. Still gazing at his reflection, he remembered how, as a younger man, he had mastered the art of seduction. The young Albert had men at his beck & call back then. There was one man; Albert sat down, struggling to recall his name. “Kenner, Kenny no Kedden, Kedden was his name,” Albert said aloud. Kedden was a retarded man that Albert had seduced. When he first laid eyes on Kedden, Albert had decided that he would be the one to satisfy his newly found fixation with castration. After tying up a naked Kedden, Albert began to cut around his penis. Smiling, Albert sat back on his bed, reliving the moment then suddenly; his cheerful demeanor became sullen as he remembered the look of anguish on Kedden’s face. It frightened him so that Albert administered first aid to the wound, left a $10.00 bill on Kedden’s knee and left town, never to return to St. Louis.

Albert thought of the second man as a godsend. Throughout his younger years Albert could not understand the insatiable hunger that he felt. His ravenous desires had gone undiagnosed until he ran into an old friend, Capt. John Davis. Davis would entertain Albert with tales of his adventures on the Steamer Tacoma. Albert chose to lie down to fully relive Davis’ accounts of his exploits in China. Albert smiled as he remembered how Capt. Davis emphasized to him the state of poverty and starvation that the Chinese were going through. How the meat of children drew top dollar during the famine. He especially enjoyed the graphic description of the whipping of the children to tenderize the meat for consumption.

Albert then relived the pleasures that were derived from his encounters with these men. As he lay, hunger pains actually set in when he recounted the children he had devoured over the years. He remembered how much he enjoyed preparing the children for his meal. No longer was the whipping of the children to no avail, the whippings were now used to tenderize the children’s flesh. In his own mind the recipes he had conjured up were delectable. Utilizing his vivid imagination, he could see the faces of “his children,” as he so affectionately referred to them. Albert recalled watching Francis X. McDonnell play with the other boys. He’d been able to lure him away, sexually assault him and just when he was about ready to dismember him to take home; he heard voices and people coming. He hadn’t eaten Francis, but as he thought back now, he could visualize the possibilities. The name Billy Gaffney popped into Albert’s head. He remembered this little boy as well as the methods and efforts he used to create a fine meal of the four year old. “Little Grace,” Albert whispered to himself, as he sat down on the bed. Albert reminisced about how cute Grace Budd was. Seven years after abducting Grace, Albert wrote a horrifying letter to the Budd family detailing the kidnapping and demise of their beautiful daughter. He had actually come to the Budd home to take their son Edward, “Grace sat in my lap and kissed me. I made up my mind to eat her,” he repeated to himself a line he’d written in his letter to the Budd family. Suddenly, his mood changed from reflective to irate. “Why did I write that letter?” Albert said while banging his head against the wall. The letter, that infuriated Albert, had been a key component in alerting the world of his depraved existence.

Albert’s once blissful demeanor had now been replaced with rage. Again he stood and looked into the mirror. This time he saw something else, he saw an imprisoned old man. His recollection of the letter he’d written to the Budd family brought him swiftly into the sobering reality of his current situation. The letter also reminded him of a face; angrily Albert spat into the toilet, not the face of a child but that of Detective William F. King. He remembered his arrest and interview at the police station. Albert vehemently denied any involvement in any kidnapping or murder. “I don’t know anything about those bones they say they’ve found. And cannibalism! The very thought sickens me,” Albert recited the testimony to himself in the exact same manner that he told police on the day of his arrest. However, due to Detective King’s tenacious questioning, Albert soon recanted and confessed, signing a full statement filled with the horrendous details. Albert’s face took on a smug look as he recalled Detective King transcribing the declaration of guilt he provided. He remembered the officers’ look of utter disgust as he gave the account of Billy Gaffney’s death, dismemberment and consumption in full detail. Albert was no stranger to the police or to prison, however this time; there were no sexual escapades with the other men as there were on his first arrest. Absent were the nice calming doctors and comfortable hospital stays as in his second arrest. The only comforting aspect of Albert’s current predicament is that it would soon be over.

Albert continued to stare into the mirror. Raising his head and gazing into the light, Albert began to pray. He had always heard voices in his head, during his confession he admitted that everything he had done was at the command of God. Continually looking at his reflection in the mirror, he gave thanks for his frail and gentile demeanor that had given him the ability to abduct and devour children around the country. Albert told Detective King that it had been the voice of John the Baptist that led him to the 23 states that he had lived in. He also informed the detective that in each state, he had killed at least one child. Albert never returned to the same neighborhood. Though the wickedness of his deeds knew no racial barriers, he had always been partial to Black and disabled children, reasoning that police would be less inclined to look for them. Still gazing at his likeness, Albert took note of his thick gray hair and his drooping gray moustache. While thinking of his beloved rumpled suits, he had an epiphany. The very same qualities that allowed him to ravage the children of various communities in perceived anonymity were the same characteristics people remembered to identify him at his trial. Albert’s head dropped.

As the noises of chains and voices became louder, Albert resumed his prayerful state. He spoke out loud to himself “What I did must have been right or an angel would have stopped me, just as an angel stopped Abraham in the Bible [from sacrificing his son].” He began to hum hymns that he recalled from his youth in the orphanage. Crying, he fell to his knees and began to recite scriptures, “Happy is he that taketh Thy little ones and dasheth their heads against the stones,” he said piously. At times he would go on endlessly with quotations from the Bible all mixed up with his own sentences.

Hours passed, Albert maneuvered so that he might enjoy the excruciating pain within his hips. During questioning he admitted that he had been sticking needles into his body for years. He had been placing them in the area between the rectum and the scrotum. At first, he said, he had only stuck these needles in and pulled them out again. In an effort to reach the next plateau of pain, he stuck others in so far that he was unable to get them out, and they stayed there. To verify his statements, Albert was X-rayed and sure enough, there were at least twenty-nine needles in his pelvic region. The pain caused Albert to think about his children and the games that he’d taught them in their youth. Though he had wished his children would learn to enjoy the pain as he did, he never forced it upon them. Actually, Albert had been a very fine father. He never once in his life laid a hand on one of his children. Thinking of them sent Albert into a depressed state, he whispered to himself, “I’m still worried about my children,” he sniffled. His six children ranged from age 21 to 35. “You’d think they’d come to visit their old dad in jail, but they haven’t.”

The voices in the hallway moved closer to Albert. The rattling of the chains reminded him of the inevitable. The facial expressions of the jury were seared into Albert’s consciousness. He remembered looking at them as they listened attentively to the prosecution read the ghastly account of his alleged crimes. Ten hours of testimony was resolved in a mere half of an hour, “We find the defendant guilty as charged,” the jury foreman said. The words of Judge Frederick P. Close were deafening in his mind. ”Death by electric chair,” said Judge Close. Albert thanked the judge for his sentence; he recalled how the thought of experiencing the voltage in his body excited him. Albert enthusiastically welcomed prospect of feeling that much pain. Pain had been the only constant in Albert’s life and he was a loyal friend to it as it was to him.

As the prison cell doors opened to take Albert to his court designated appointment, he fell into a state of emotional numbness. As the officers extracted him from the cell, one of them asked him sarcastically, “are you ready to die?” Albert responded, “I have no particular desire to live. I have no particular desire to be killed. It is a matter of indifference to me.” The officers placed Albert in the chair and fastened the straps, preparing him for his final transition. As he sat excitedly anticipating the currents that soon would be coursing throughout his body, Albert had a thought. From this point forward, Hamilton Howard “Albert” Fish would strike fear in the hearts and minds of children for centuries to come and would forever take his place in the annals of American history as,

About Me

: I
am a graduate of Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale with a B.S. in
Marketing. A product of the streets of Chicago, I am a staunch advocate for
prison reform; therefore I contribute regularly to Examiner.com as the Chicago
Prison Policy Examiner. My thoughts,
visions and ideologies can be read at, www.reignmaker1911.wordpress.com, and
www.reignmaker1911.blogspot.com. I’ve
recently published my first true crime book, “The Darker Side of Evil,” My book
not only debunks the myth that Black serial killers do not exist but also
examines the media’s unwillingness to reveal the acts of these individuals to
the public. Within the pages of the book I explore the lives of 10
African-American serial killers, detailing vivid accounts of their disturbing
acts of depravity as well as the events that lead to their inevitable capture.
My passion and dedication to the art of writing makes Andre N. Turner a name to
look for in the world of literature.